The FBI says it can’t conduct gun permit background checks for Measure 114, even if the law survives legal challenges. [More]
I’d love to chalk this up to incompetence like what happened in Nevada with Question 1, but is it so difficult to believe this was an intended outcome designed to halt gun sales?
Meanwhile, Oregon Firearms Federation gives a case update along with a wider range of observations.
I was under the impression that the FBI said they won’t perform the background checks mandated by Measure 114. They are neither mandated nor authorized by federal law, and the federal agency isn’t required to bow to the state’s law. (Legally, “can’t” and “won’t” might be interchangeable in this case; I don’t know, IANAL.)
That alone should be enough of a “burden” (actually a complete prohibition) of a “core civil right” that Measure 114 shouldn’t survive challenges, but it’s Oregon and the Ninth Circuit, so it’s a crap-shoot on both fronts.